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Ling 3.1 Flash vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 4.2.

InclusionAI · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 4.2, ranking #15 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Ling 3.1 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.0 and ranks #15 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Ling 3.1 Flash
InclusionAI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.0
#15
4.2
#319
Reasoning
47.5
#26
3.7
#314
Coding
38.8
#18
4.6
#219
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.05 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.08 / M
Context window
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32,768

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Ling 3.1 Flash · 8 for Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Ling 3.1 Flash and Mistral Small 3 24B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

536.0B diff

Ling 3.1 Flash has 536.0B more parameters than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct, making it 2233.3% larger.

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
560.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
24.0Bparameters
560.0B
Ling 3.1 Flash
24.0B
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct specifies input context (32,768 tokens). Only Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct specifies output context (32,768 tokens).

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input32,768 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
Fri Oct 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ling 3.1 Flash was released on 2026-09-30, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct was released on 2025-01-30.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 20 months newer than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.

Ling 3.1 Flash

Sep 30, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.7yr newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Jan 30, 2025

1.7 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Ling 3.1 Flash's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Ling 3.1 Flash's cutoff date.

Ling 3.1 Flash

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Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ling 3.1 Flash and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ling 3.1 Flash
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Ling 3.1 Flash vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.

Which is better, Ling 3.1 Flash or Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 4.2. Ling 3.1 Flash is made by InclusionAI and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Ling 3.1 Flash compare to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct in benchmarks?

Ling 3.1 Flash scores CyberGym: 87.9%, DRACO: 85.5%, FrontierSWE: 75.2%, Multi-Challenge: 69.8%, SkillsBench: 68.7%. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct scores Arena Hard: 87.6%, HumanEval: 84.8%, MT-Bench: 83.5%, IFEval: 82.9%, MATH: 70.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Ling 3.1 Flash and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Ling 3.1 Flash supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct supports 33K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Ling 3.1 Flash and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.0 vs 4.2), licensing (Unknown vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ling 3.1 Flash and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Ling 3.1 Flash is developed by InclusionAI and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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